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LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Friday fined X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the bloc’s digital regulations, in a move that risks rekindling tensions with Washington over free speech.
It’s the first time that the EU has issued a so-called non-compliance decision since rolling out the DSA.
The Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said it was punishing X because of three different breaches of the DSA’s transparency requirements.
Vice President JD Vance, posting on X ahead of the decision, accused the Commission of seeking to fine X “for not engaging in censorship.”.
EU regulators had already outlined their accusations in mid-2024 when they released preliminary findings of their investigation into X.
“Deceiving users with blue checkmarks, obscuring information on ads and shutting out researchers have no place online in the EU. »